Governing the Transatlantic Conflict over Agricultural Biotec... - 9781138991972

Taylor & Francis

Governing the Transatlantic Conflict over Agricultural BiotechnologyContending Coalitions, Trade Liberalisation and Standard Setting\nAuthor(s): Joseph Murphy, Les Levidow\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138991972, 978-1138991972\nSynopsis\nDelays in approving genetically modified crops and foods in the European Union have led to a high profile trade conflict with the United States. This book analyses the EU-US conflict and uses it as a case study to explore the governance of new technologies.\n\nThe transatlantic conflict over GM crops and food has been widely attributed to regulatory differences that divide the EU and the US. Going beyond common stereotypes of these differences and their origins, this book analyses the conflict through contending coalitions of policy actors operating across the Atlantic. Governing the Transatlantic Conflict over Agricultural Biotechnology focuses on interactions between the E.